De Oude Meerdijk
De Oude Meerdijk is a multi purpose in Emmen, Netherlands that opened in 1977. Its recorded capacity is 8,600.
Key facts
De Oude Meerdijk is a multi purpose in Emmen, Netherlands that opened in 1977. Its recorded capacity is 8,600. No current owner is recorded. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 4 names in total, including Meerdijk Stadion, Univé Stadion, JENS Vesting. Current tenants are FC Emmen, FC Emmen.
- Location
- Emmen, Netherlands
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 8,600
- Opened
- 1977
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Not recorded
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 2
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf, Natural grass
De Oude Meerdijk is at latitude 52.774722, longitude 6.945556, in Emmen, Netherlands. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 52.774722 |
| Longitude | 6.945556 |
| City | Emmen |
| Region | Emmen |
| Country | Netherlands |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
De Oude Meerdijk has carried 3 recorded names. Meerdijk Stadion (no sponsor) ran 1977 to 2001. Univé Stadion (no sponsor) ran 2001 to 2013. JENS Vesting (no sponsor) ran 2013 to 2017. The average tenure of a name here is 13.3 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meerdijk Stadion | None | 1977 to 2001 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Univé Stadion | None | 2001 to 2013 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| JENS Vesting | None | 2013 to 2017 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
No ownership or operator rows are recorded for this venue.
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Emmen | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| FC Emmen | Not mapped | 1977 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
9 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3721 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3720 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | JENS Vesting | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Univé Stadion | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Meerdijk Stadion | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 59733 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372079834 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | De_Oude_Meerdijk | De Oude Meerdijk | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 47766 | 2026-10 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: